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Mahidol laureates call for global focus on public health
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/01/2026
» Recipients of the Prince Mahidol Award 2025 have called for global cooperation to strengthen public health security amid geopolitical uncertainty and conflict.
250K test kits head up food chain
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/10/2021
» The Public Health Ministry will give out 250,000 antigen test kits (ATKs) to food-related businesses, food stalls and restaurants nationwide to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
Farmers given 90 days to hand in chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/05/2020
» Manufacturers or importers of hazardous agrochemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos -- which are banned under Thai law -- have 270 days to destroy their stock while a 90-day deadline has also been given to farmers to return the chemicals for destruction as their possession is considered illegal, the Department of Agriculture says.
Farmers want help when chemical ban hits
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/11/2019
» Farming groups have proposed a rehabilitation and assistance scheme for farmers who may be affected by a ban on the use of three toxic farming chemicals that will come into effect on Dec 1.
Mananya's quest to ban harmful farm chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/09/2019
» Mananya Thaises, deputy minister to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, is now a high-profile name in Thai politics and society.
Amnesty urges law on missing persons
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2019
» Marking the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Karen forest activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen, who went missing in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province, Amnesty International Thailand is seeking the new government's support to pass a draft law to criminalise enforced disappearances and torture by state officials.